Improvement in automatic liquor-discharges



A. C. ROWE.

Improvement in Automatic Liquor-Dischargers-..

No. 114,607, Paiemed May 9,1871.

n ri-*m* ttiirt iita ARTHUR C. ROWE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 114,607, dated May 9, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN- AUTOMATIC LIQUOR-DISCHARGES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of thelame.

To all who/m 'it may concer-n Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. Rows, of thecity of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and improved Automatic Liquid-Discharge forVinegar-Generators, of

which the following is a-speciiication.

Natm'e of the Intention.

ling and gauging thedischarge of uid into a vinegargenerator, ashereinaftery described.

In the drawing- Figure I is a vertical section of a vvinegar-generatorwith my improved liquid-discharge applied thereto.

Figure II is a plan ofthe generator, with the cover removed to show therelative position of the parts.

Figure III, a detached perspective view of the iutermittent discharge. v

Figure IV, a diagram, showing a modification in 4the arrangement of theregulating-weight.

By reference to Figs. I and II- A is the generator, of ordinaryconstruction, with a common perforated head, a, and cover b, providedwith a slot, 'b.

O is a supply-reservoir, and

c4 the feed-pipe, passing into the cover of the generator b, and thencedischarging into the compart-l ments d d ofthe automaticdischarge D,which latter' is hung ou a central axis, E. l

A rod, f, projecting perpendicularly from the `plane of the axis E andfrom the center of the' partition dividing the compartments d d', has anadjustable weight, F.

charging the liquid, and at the same time elevating the emptycompartment d to the corresponding posi- 'tin occupied by d' under thefeed-pipe, as shown in dotted lines ;l and when this compartment hasreceived a suiicient supply from the constant stream through c tovoverloalance the counterpoise .F the same operation ls repeated asdescribed in the loase -oi' d', and so The weight F on the rod lf, bybeing raise and lowered, regulates the quantity of liquid thecon-partments d d will hold before discharging. This result is effectedby carrying the center of gravity in the Weight F further from avertical line drawn through the axis of the dumping-reservoir D inproportion as the weight' isV raised The slot b in the generatorcoverallows the rod f a free lateral motion.

The advantages gained by using the automatic feed are important ascompared with the ordinary method, which-'consists in employing a manwith a pail to sup ply the generator at regular intervals. It saves theconstant employment of at least one man, Vand in large manufactoriesthat of several men, night and day.

It will be noticed that each time the liquid is discharged the end ofthe compartment in which it collected is carried downward suddenly untilit strikes the perforated head of the generator with a force equal tothe gravity of the liquid, thus imparting a sudden jar and reaction -tothe generator-head, which has thel eiect of disturbing and discharginglthe mother which collects in and around the perforations in the head,and thereby leaving them unobstructed for Vthe passage of the liquidljust discharged. i This shock to the generator-head happens at preciselythe right moment, While the simultaneous overflow of the liquid acts inconjunction to disturb and remove the mother perfectly. This is anadvantage of importance in the manufacture of vinegar', as it saves thetime and labor consumed by stopping operations andremoving the motherfrom the perforations in the generator-head by hand, so frequent andessential in the old meth od.

By the use of my device the liquid is also distributed over thegenerator-head with more evenness andl greater regularity thanheretofore, and therefore the mother is not so 'liable to collect andclog up.

The use of the adjustable weights enables both the quantity of liquiddischarged and the intervals be tween the discharges to be regulated atpleasure and with precision. I amdaware that a liquid-discharge has beenreudered intermittent on the principle of overcoming a counterpoise. Ido not, therefore, claim this principle broadly; but What I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement ofthe dischargeD, Vwith its comv partments d d on theopposite sides of the `central axis E, the upright lrod f, andadjustable weight F, the whole constructed and operating, in referenceto the` perforated head a, substantially in the manner herein shown anddescribed.

' In witness whereof I have hereunto 'signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR C. ROWE. Witnesses:

J. B. GRmFENHAGEN, C. O. Pncx.

